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Synonyms for autotroph

plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

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On the other hand, this contrasted with the general positive relationship between higher nutrient levels and the net aquatic autotrophy (Duarte and Agusti, 1998; Biddanda et al., 2001), but confirmed that highly eutrophic and organic-enriched conditions may result in the persistence or even intensification of the heterotrophic status in tropical inland waters (Marotta et al., 2010a, 2012).
Yuan H, Ge T, Chen C, O'Donnell AG, Wu J (2012) Significant role for microbial autotrophy in the sequestration of soil carbon.
Thus, students can explore questions related to fundamental concepts in cell biology such as autotrophy and heterotrophy, nitrogen, vitamin or mineral nutrition, and physical environmental conditions.
(2005), the relatively low importance of hormones in microspore embryogenesis relies on the fact that hormonal autotrophy is a condition sine qua non for true embryogenesis.
Coral nutrition involves host heterotrophy and symbiont autotrophy. Previous studies in other labs have found that: 1.
Transformation of a tundra river from heterotrophy to autotrophy by addition of phosphorus.
Klotz et al., "Nitrosopumilus maritimus genome reveals unique mechanisms for nitrification and autotrophy in globally distributed marine crenarchaea," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol.
Shell closing limits exposure of the mantle to light, hence autotrophy will be limited.
High frequency metabolism study in a large and shallow temperate lake revealed seasonal switching between net autotrophy and net heterotrophy.
Walker CB, de la Torre JR, Klotz MG, Urakawa H, Pinel N, Arp DJ, Brochier-Armanet C, Chain PSG, Chan PP, Gollabgir A, Hemp J, Hugler M, Karr EA, Konneke M, Shin M, Lawton TJ, Lowe T, Martens, Habbena W, Sayavedra, Soto LA, Lang D, Sievert SM, Rosenzweig AC, Manning G, Stahl DA (2010) Nitrosopumilus maritimus genome reveals unique mechanisms for nitrification and autotrophy in globally distributed marine crenarchaea.
Changes in coral biomass reflect shifts in the size of food reserves (Grottoli et al., 2006) and perhaps in the capacity for autotrophy through the accommodation of additional Symbiodinium within holobiont tissues (Jones and Yellowlees, 1997; Thornhill et al., 2011).